Rishaug said the Oilers were "big game hunting" on TSN 1260 yesterday. Staples reported Rishaug's comments in the Journal.

Rishaug is probably why Stauffer said what he did.

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How does that equal closing in on a blockbuster? Makes it sounds like it's something that is close to happening. Most people should know any sort of blockbuster isn't happening until closer to the draft

How does that equal closing in on a blockbuster? Makes it sounds like it's something that is close to happening. Most people should know any sort of blockbuster isn't happening until closer to the draft

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Wow. That's really splitting hairs. Here's the clip to the Rishaug link if you want to get that pendantic. Start 3:00 mark.

Don't forget the last part of Stauffer's tweet where he said this off-season "less is more".

How does that equal closing in on a blockbuster? Makes it sounds like it's something that is close to happening. Most people should know any sort of blockbuster isn't happening until closer to the draft

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I think it's both Rishaug's suggestion of what it might be and the predisposition of this board to loose it's mind because Chiarelli is the GM and isn't consulting the fanbase on trades and players.

Exactly. People are also ignoring the part in Stauffer's tweet about less being more. If people read the entirety of the tweet it doesn't seem like the Oilers will be doing a big deal this off-season.

Why are some people ignoring the fact that "less is more" seems to be a repudiation of the Oilers going 'big game hunting' at any point this off-season?

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I would personally assume the Oilers are "big game" hunting for a defenseman because there might be something out there, either UFA, RFA or trade, however I think Rishaug thinks more highly, as does the larger NHL world right now, of Ristolainen then do the Fans here. So he would see it as a major snag, where as many here would not.

In all fairness I half ass questioned anything coming out of Rishaug while he is at the world's. Some days on gregor's show it's as if he's been trapped in the mountains for months and has no idea what the hell is going on in the real world.

Yes let's not even try for a puck moving D-man. We have plenty of those...

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We just don't have the assets to make a big deal and come out ahead. There's a better chance of drafting a PMD with the 10 pick than there is winning a deal with that pick heading out the door along with another valuable asset.

Who shoots the puck on the dreadful pp? Klefbom? There are obvious holes that need filling. Not half measures Tambellini bs. Yet that sure looks like it is shaping up to be. And people keep buying tickets, supporting this toilet of a franchise.....

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The powerplay was great in 16/17. The problem last year wasn't lacking a right shot D, it was the moronic powerplay system of "pass it around the perimeter until you run out of space, then desperately fling it off a PKers shin pads".

We just don't have the assets to make a big deal and come out ahead. There's a better chance of drafting a PMD with the 10 pick than there is winning a deal with that pick heading out the door along with another valuable asset.

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There will be no puckmoving d men available at 10. They'll be taken ,mark my words, and only Ty Smith will be available.